Augustos Roa Resfr Bastos (Libros)

Augustos Roa Resfr Bastos Libros

Augusto Roa Bastos, reconocido novelista y cuentista paraguayo, se erige como uno de los escritores latinoamericanos más importantes del siglo XX. Su obra, marcada por la experiencia con regímenes dictatoriales y el exilio, aborda con notable profundidad las cuestiones sociales e históricas de Paraguay. Roa Bastos es célebre por su estilo intrincado, que fusiona elementos del realismo mágico, el idioma guaraní y la retórica barroca para explorar temas como el poder, la identidad y la libertad. Sus narrativas entrelazan magistralmente mitos y leyendas con eventos históricos, ofreciendo una visión única y cautivadora de la realidad latinoamericana.

I the Supreme

448 páginas
16 horas de lectura

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I the Supreme imagines a dialogue between the nineteenth-century Paraguayan dictator known as Dr. Francia and Policarpo Patiño, his secretary and only companion. The opening pages present a sign that they had found nailed to the wall of a cathedral, purportedly written by Dr. Francia himself and ordering the execution of all of his servants upon his death. This sign is quickly revealed to be a forgery, which takes leader and secretary into a larger discussion about the nature of truth: “In the light of what Your Eminence says, even the truth appears to be a lie.” Their conversation broadens into an epic journey of the mind, stretching across the colonial history of their nation, filled with surrealist imagery, labyrinthine turns, and footnotes supplied by a mysterious “compiler.” A towering achievement from a foundational author of modern Latin American literature, I the Supreme is a darkly comic, deeply moving meditation on power and its abuse—and on the role of language in making and unmaking whole worlds.